this was grover norquist on cbs this morning. >> well, we just had an election, and the house of representatives was elected, committed to keeping taxes low. the president was committed, elected on the basis that he was not romney and that romney was a poopy head and you should vote against romney. and he won by two points. but he didn't make the case that we should have higher taxes and higher spending. he kind of sounded like the opposite. >> i'm not sure whether that was grover norquist or grover from "sesame street," when we're talking about -- >> ahh, poopy head. look, grover represents a very specific view within the republican party, which is -- whether it's rates or something, you should not raise taxes ever. the question is, this is -- i think a lot of it is on john boehner and mitch mcconnell. can they say to the base of the party, we need to make this deal. it is good for us politically. it is good for the country policy wise, and we need to move on, or do the grovers of the world win out? >> david, thank you very much. chris cillizza. coming up, more fallout from the david petraeus s